The Arizona Department of Transportation Traffic Operations Center has a new addition. A state public safety officer is now working with the team during rush hour. It’s a new tactic officials are using to clear freeway crashes more efficiently.

Big weather changes are coming to the Valley. National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Breckinridge says above normal temperatures over the next few days will take a dramatic plunge by the weekend.

The federal judge overseeing the racial profiling case against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio had complaints with how the sheriff’s office has handled an internal investigation stemming from a dead deputy, as well as comments Arpaio made to the media.

The Navajo Tribe still doesn't know if it will have a new president next week. The Navajo president has vetoed legislation that would have essentially erased the fluency requirement for that tribe’s top office.

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